Vapor-compression refrigeration system

Industrial · Agriculture · 1834

TL;DR

Vapor-compression refrigeration system - requires enrichment with adjacent possible narrative

John Gorrie made a similar attempt a few years latter, in 1842

What Had To Exist First

Preceding Inventions

Artificial refrigeration

Required Knowledge

  • Cooling

What This Enabled

Inventions that became possible because of Vapor-compression refrigeration system:

Absorption refrigerator Refrigerated ship Ice-making machine Liquefied gas refrigerants Hampson–Linde air liquefaction

Biological Patterns

Mechanisms that explain how this invention emerged and spread:

Niche Construction Trophic Cascades Adaptive Radiation

Related Inventions

Artificial refrigeration Liquefied gas refrigerants Refrigerated ship Hampson–Linde air liquefaction Absorption refrigerator Ice-making machine

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Food

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